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MILDURA WEEKLY FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 2014
MILDURA’S Ken Stewart, 53,
a leading authority on indig-
enous land management in
Australia, is in the running
for a prestigious national
Landcare award, but it’s by
public vote, and he’ll need
a bit of help to get over the
line.
The end of voting is pret-
ty close to his birth date –
August 16 – and Ken reckons
that official recognition of his
work at national level would
be a great birthday present!
Ken is one of 69 finalists
in the running for the Peo-
ple’s Choice Awards as part
of this year’s National Land-
care Awards, he’s the only in-
digenous Victorian, and is up
against counterparts from ev-
ery Australian State and Terri-
tory in his section.
During the next month,
Mildura Weekly readers can
vote for Ken online (People’s
Choice category) at landcare-
online.com.au Winners will
be announced on Thursday,
September 18, at the Na-
tional Landcare Awards gala
dinner.
Landcare Australia has
already acknowledged Ken
as a leading Indigenous au-
thority on cultural heritage
issues in North West Victo-
ria. He began working in the
field of cultural heritage in
the 1990s, when appointed
supervisor on a cultural heri-
tage program involving a
group of young, unemployed
Indigenous trainees on pro-
tection work for sensitive
sites, but has since advised
on key environmental and
infrastructure projects, in-
cluding multi-million dollar
programs such as the Wim-
mera Mallee Pipeline, Rob-
invale Bridge and The Living
Murray program.
Ken told the Mildura
Weekly he was delighted
to be a finalist in this year’s
awards, listing one of his
greatest achievements as be-
ing a central contact point
for Indigenous people to en-
sure they had a voice to build
and partnerships with Gov-
ernment agencies and other
stakeholders.
“It’s about working to-
gether to achieve a workable
outcome for everybody,” he
says. “It’s not just about cul-
tural heritage, it’s about the
landscape. A lot of people
think Aboriginal stuff is just
about sticks and bones, but
it’s also about the environ-
ment, the trees, the water.”
Landcare Australia CEO
Tessa Jakszewicz says the
2014 awards – part of this
year’s National Landcare
Conference – is a key event in
the celebration of 25 years of
Landcare as a national initia-
tive.
“Landcare has grown
from a concern for soil by
farmers, industry, conserva-
tionists and the government
to a movement embraced by
tens of thousands of volun-
teers, and operating in every
landscape from the centre to
our coastal fringes,” she said.
“Mildura can be proud to
be represented by Ken at this
level, and people can show
their support by voting in
the People’s Choice Award
–
which will be determined
entirely by the way Australia
votes.”
Winners in nine catego-
ries, from sustainable farm
practices to Coastcare, Junior
Landcare and Indigenous
Land Management, will be
announced at the World Her-
itage-listed Royal Exhibition
Building.
Ken in running
for top
landcare award
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